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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 9 at 10:07 a.m.
Thread: Devils 1st round swap
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>wojme</b></div><div>A team that has a good plethora of prospects is unlikely to trade down to take, in theory, less quality prospects.</div></div>

But where I’m coming from is all of your top picks and good prospects are entering the NHL or have been in NHL now. You traded Shakir M and 2023 1st to SJS. So the prospect pool has become thinner. The NHL team loaded IMO and this provides you with 2 picks to get first round talent instead of 1 pick at 10 and then waiting until mid 3rd round to pick 75th. You’d be getting quality players at 20 and 33. 33 is still nearly a first round pick and as you know teams begin to reach in the 20s dropping 1st round talent into 2nd round. Example: Andrew Cristall.

It also helps as your team continues to be a solid NHL team for hopefully a decade you’ll still need to refresh the lineup. Having 2 players who can be impactful NHLers along the way is beneficial for cap reasons and team reasons.

I don’t think this is as clear cut a no as folks seem to suggest.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 6 at 12:39 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 5 at 10:23 p.m.
Thread: yeah this is defo our year
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Garak</b></div><div>I don't even see how it is possible to disagree. Every team in the league would probably take Tavares for free if they could fit him in under the cap. Most teams would probably do it anyway and worry about creating cap space later. Not only that, but he is still a very good top 6 forward in the NHL. So, it isn't like we would be bringing in some overpaid bum. If he is willing to waive his full NMC for CHI this summer, he is probably also willing to waive at the trade deadline. Which would make him one of the biggest deadline trade chips of the last 20 years. Which means we get a good player for $900k in salary, and then flip him for valuable assets rather than spending valuable assets on a risky acquisition in the middle of a rebuild.

Tavares for free &gt; Marner and a risky long term extension for a package of valuable assets ... All day, IMO. It might make more sense to go after Marner for some teams, but not CHI.</div></div>

Sir, in what world is Marner a risky acquisition? The guy puts up 85-99 points per year. He’s a magician on the ice.

Also I feel like this is a moot point because why tf would Toronto give up Tavares for future considerations? It’ll cost you something to get him.